There’s a little bit of everything coming at ya this week. In theaters, we have the much delayed (and likely crappy) PG-13 werewolf flick SKIN WALKERS. If you’re like me, you’ll likely keep an eye on DVD to see what else is new. How about DISTRUBIA making it’s way to the small screen, and a slew of kick-ass reissues: BUBBA HO-TEP, DARKMAN TRILOGY and FRIDAY THE 13TH DOUBLE FEATURE. Round that off with one killer revenge flick known as BAD REPUTATION, and this week looks mighty sweet… on DVD.
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, some sexual material and language.
Directed by James Isaac
Starring: Natassia Malthe, Shawn Roberts, Jason Behr
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Creatures, bound by the blood of the wolf, that can kill with curses and move at lightening speed, watching the night sky for the rise of the blood-red crescent moon. They are Skinwalkers. They feed on our flesh and thirst for the taste of human blood. The red moon signals each pack, divided by principles, hell bent to survive an ancient prophecy. On his 13th birthday, Timothy, a half-blood, is about to reach the time of his transformation. He’s been guarded since birth by those around him. They know the power he holds. He alone has the power to control the destiny of his family, and their kind, a gift that has placed his very life in danger. On the third night, at the rise of the red moon, a war will rage for control of their kind. There are two warring factions: one would like the curse to end, the other embraces bloodlust, and revels in the immortal freedom of the beast within. They will do anything to preserve their way of life. To survive, it means finding the boy. The one with the power to control their very survival. “I am not human,” says Varek. “I am better than that!” Under the full red moon, the violent feud pits brother against brother, lover against lover, and good against evil.
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SLAUGHTERING STORES THIS WEEK
Rated: PG-13
Directed by D.J. Caruso
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Sarah Roemer, Carrie-Anne Moss, David Morse
Run Time: 104 Min.
After his father’s death, Kale becomes sullen, withdrawn, and troubled — so much so that he finds himself under a court-ordered sentence of house arrest. His mother, Julie, works night and day to support herself and her son, only to be met with indifference and lethargy. The walls of his house begin to close in on Kale. He becomes a voyeur as his interests turn outside the windows of his suburban home towards those of his neighbors, one of which Kale begins to suspect is a serial killer. But, are his suspicions merely the product of cabin fever and his overactive imagination?
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DARKMAN TRILOGY
Rated: R
Starring Liam Neeson, Frances McDormand, Colin Friels, Larry Drake
Directed by Sam Raimi
The Franchise Collection features DARKMAN, DARKMAN II: RETURN OF DURANT and DARKMAN III: DIE DARKMAN DIE.
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BUBBA HO-TEP: HAIL TO THE KING EDITION
Rated: R
Directed by Don Coscarelli
Starring Bruce Campbell, Ossie Davis, Ella Joyce
Run Time: 92 Minutes
Based on the Bram Stoker Award nominee short story by cult author Joe R. Lansdale, Bubba Ho-tep tells the “true” story of what really did become of Elvis Presley. We find Elvis (Bruce Campbell) as an elderly resident in an East Texas rest home, who switched identities with an Elvis impersonator years before his “death”, then missed his chance to switch back. Elvis teams up with Jack (Ossie Davis), a fellow nursing home resident who thinks that he is actually President John F. Kennedy, and the two valiant old codgers sally forth to battle an evil Egyptian entity who has chosen their long-term care facility as his happy hunting grounds.
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Rated: R
Directed by Jim Hemphill
Starring Angelique Hennessy, Jerad Anderson, Danielle Noble
Run Time: 90 Minutes
A pretty but quiet student, who is treated as an outcast at her suburban high school, seeks revenge on her classmates after being sexually assauled at a house party and branded with a “Bad Reputation”.
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FRIDAY THE 13TH/ FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 2 DOUBLE FEATURE
Rated:R
Starring Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Harry Crosby (II), Laurie Bartram, Jeannine Taylor
Directed by Sean S. Cunningham, Steve Miner
Run Time: 181 Minutes
Camp councilors at Camp Crystal Lake are knocked off one by one by an unseen killer.
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